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niblue

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Hello
« on: February 01, 2009, 10:11:39 AM »
Just though I'd say hello as I've been browsing the site as a useful source of info having just bought an XBR500 yesterday.

Bought the bike on Ebay then had to ride it 200 miles home to Edinburgh yesterday. It performed faultlessly on the ride but it is so not a motorway bike! It's road legal (or will be when I tax it tomorrow) but needs a bit of tidying so stand by for various advice requests soon.


This is her. The plan is for me to use it as a local playbike and for SWMBO (who has had a full license for years but never ridden anything bigger than an SR125) to re-learn on.
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robG

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Re: Hello
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2009, 10:20:58 AM »
Welcome !

A nice example of the breed , well done .

Rob .
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squirrelciv

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Re: Hello
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2009, 04:49:40 PM »
Hello and welcome to the nut house. :P
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guest7

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Re: Hello
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2009, 05:09:45 PM »
You got your hands on an SJ model, the last of the line, with spokes. Well bloody done  :)

Cheers
GC
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Bill Rutter

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Re: Hello
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2009, 07:07:27 PM »
Looks a lovely bike, one of my favourites. Welcome to the club.

Bill
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Andy M

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Re: Hello
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2009, 07:58:35 AM »
Nice bike and welcome to the nut house. Bet you are glad you got it home before the weather changed.

BTW, don't let GC near it, it'll be in a thousand bits then sporting an industrial chain and second hand chinese tyres in no time  ;D

Andy
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Steffan

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Re: Hello
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2009, 08:18:02 AM »
You forgot to mention the chair clagged on the side - not so much a chair as the bastard child of a Jagdpanzers and a B&Q toolbox

Steffan
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niblue

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Re: Hello
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2009, 09:26:45 AM »
Quote from: Andy M on February 02, 2009, 07:58:35 AM
Nice bike and welcome to the nut house. Bet you are glad you got it home before the weather changed.

I'd seen the weather reports so that's why we went to get it on Saturday - weather wasn't too bad then, just a bit blustery.

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BTW, don't let GC near it, it'll be in a thousand bits then sporting an industrial chain and second hand chinese tyres in no time  ;D

It's already got a horrible Cheng-Shin on the back which will be getting removed ASAP and replaced with a nice BT45 to match what's on the front.

This is my first road thumper, but I've had a couple of off-road ones before (DR350S which I liked, XT600 which I didn't).
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guest288

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Re: Hello
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2009, 11:52:38 AM »
Nice- looks like you have the GB500 headlight clamps- cool.
I too have an XBR, the long suffering members on here will testify that its taking me ages to get it sorted, therefore its still in bits- cant wait to get out on it this summer though!
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niblue

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Re: Hello
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2009, 02:24:01 PM »
Do all XBR's have floppy indicators or are the ones on mine non-standard? they were bouncing about all over the place when I was riding it home.
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guest288

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Re: Hello
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2009, 06:49:52 PM »
No, it looks like you've got the standard indicators just mounted on the headlight clamp instead. (a la GB500) I think the GB500 ones were chrome affairs on stalks.
Usually the XBR ones are mounted just above the lower fork clamp around the upper part of the fork tube.
I think they're flexible so they don't get damaged as much if they're clipped, and also prevents premature bulb failure.


I've just looked up an '89 XBR with wire spoked wheels and it appears the indicators are mounted on the headlamp bracket so it looks like yours is correct for its year.

http://www.bikez.com/pictures/large.php?image=http://www.bikez.com/pictures/honda/1989/12210_0_1_4_xbr 500_Image credits - HONDA CO..jpg
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crackedhead

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Re: Hello
« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2009, 08:01:49 PM »
A nice, standard bike !! I live in the Edinburgh area as well, so can let you have a look / loan of the Honda Workshop manual if you need to check anything.

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niblue

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Re: Hello
« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2009, 08:33:10 PM »
Quote from: crackedhead on February 02, 2009, 08:01:49 PM
A nice, standard bike !! I live in the Edinburgh area as well, so can let you have a look / loan of the Honda Workshop manual if you need to check anything.

Thanks for the kind offer however I was fortunate enough to get a copy of the workshop manual with the bike. I also got the owners manual and all the MOT's and tax discs since the bike was new - turns out that for the last few years the bike was doing about 200 miles annually (but still being kept road legal) so in riding it home I've already done it's allowance for 2009...

I can't recall having seen another XBR in Edinburgh but I'll keep my eyes open for you. I'm more usually seen on a silver CBR600F or a gold Deauville (bit of a Honda fan!) but plan to be using the XBR more than them round town.
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niblue

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Re: Hello
« Reply #13 on: February 02, 2009, 08:37:30 PM »
Quote from: Dave500 on February 02, 2009, 06:49:52 PM
I've just looked up an '89 XBR with wire spoked wheels and it appears the indicators are mounted on the headlamp bracket so it looks like yours is correct for its year.

Cheers. Going by that pic the bike looks standard apart from the 2-into-1 Micron.
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SteveC#222

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Re: Hello
« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2009, 09:06:25 PM »
Hi Niblue,
                Welcome to the club!

Your indicators are standard. I think the earlier models may have had fork mounted indicators, but my XBR is an H model (1989) and has exactly the same indicators as yours.

Nice bike!!   ;D
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